Africa: Human Rights Watch Challenges 'Terms' of U.S. Health Aid to African Countries

A new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) has thrust Liberia into a growing international debate over health aid, data sovereignty, disease surveillance, and the future of global… Read more »

Liberia: Shaping a World At Peace - Promoting Press Freedom for Human Rights, Security, and Development

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Liberia: G/Kru Lacked Prison Facility for Over 40 Yrs

For more than 40 years, one of Liberia's most remote counties has operated without a standard prison facility--an institutional gap that has quietly undermined justice delivery,… Read more »

Liberia: CSOs Angry With GVL Over Perennial Rights Violations

Civil society organizations (CSOs) and affected communities have formally accused Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL) of failing to restore degraded forests, violating land rights, and… Read more »

Liberia: Rights Commission Chair Blasts Wecc Over Delays, Overreach

The Chairman of Liberia's Independent National Commission on Human Rights, Cllr. Dempster Brown, has issued a forceful rebuttal to claims that the Liberian government is blocking… Read more »

Liberia: Former President Sirleaf Rekindles Debate Over 'Racist' Constitutional Clause

A renewed national debate over citizenship and identity has emerged after former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf urged lawmakers to amend a controversial constitutional… Read more »

Liberia: Love and Be Yourself - Feminist Lecture Series Urges Women to Break Free From 'Strings'

young and elderly women are seated in their beautiful outfits with marching colors of their choice. Some were smiling, mingling with friends they haven't seen in a while as the… Read more »

Liberia: Security Sector Must Uphold Human Rights

Cllr. Dempster Brown, Chairperson of the Independent National Commission on Human Rights (INCHR), has stressed that embedding human rights into the professional standards of… Read more »

Liberia: Gbarnga Central Prison Rejects Leprosy 'Detainees'

Gbarnga Central Prison made an unusual but consequential decision last week--one that has reignited debate about justice, public health, and the treatment of Liberia's most… Read more »

Liberia: Liberia's Deaf Students Gain Presidential Support for Education

President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., has reaffirmed his Administration's unwavering commitment to inclusive education, highlighting that children with disabilities are central to… Read more »

Liberia: Gongloe Presses LNP for Transparency

A renewed debate over transparency, due process, and public confidence in the justice system has emerged following a formal request by human rights lawyer, Cllr. Tiawan Saye… Read more »

Liberia: Alarming Human Rights Abuses Exposed in Liberia

The Independent National Commission on Human Rights (INCHR) has unveiled a troubling report highlighting widespread human rights violations across Liberia, including rape,… Read more »

Liberia: Human Rights Community Submits Proposed Amendments to War Crimes Court Bill to Liberian Senate

In a renewed push for long-delayed justice, the human rights community, led by the Independent National Commission on Human Rights (INCHR) and supported by civil society… Read more »

Liberia: Liberia Moves to Outlaw FGM, but Can Cultural Practitioners Let Go?

Smoke is wafting over the air, as Yamah Torkpa stirs the pot of food, she's preparing for the workers harvesting her rice. As one of the female zoes known for circumcising teen… Read more »

Liberia: U.S. Based Doctor Wants Death Penalty for Drugs Trafficker in His Native Liberia

Dr. Lawrence Zumo, born of a Lofa farmer and a market woman from Grand Bassa isn't your typical medical doctor. He's also a social activist. Having studied medicine abroad and… Read more »

Liberia: Wokie Dolo Joins Prez. Boakai's Call to Ban FGM in Liberia

Wokie Dolo, the Gender Advisor to House Speaker Richard Nagbe Koon, has joined President Joseph Nyuma Boakai's call for the permanent ban of female genital mutilation (FGM) and… Read more »

Liberia: Founded As a Refuge From U.S. Racism, Liberia Must Not Help Enforce It Now

When Liberia announced late last month that it would temporarily host Salvadoran national Kilmar Armando Abrego García on "humanitarian grounds" if he were deported by the… Read more »

Liberia: Release of Capitol Arson Defendants' Medical Report Deferred

After waiting patiently for ten days to know the medical conditions of six defendants jailed in connection with the December 2024 arson attack on the Capitol Building, their… Read more »

Liberia: Visually Impaired Liberian Appeals for Support to Pursue Education

An 18-year-old visually impaired Liberian, Musa Kamara, is appealing to the national government, humanitarian organizations, and goodwill individuals for assistance to continue his… Read more »

Liberia: Capitol Arson Defendants Reject Second Hospital for Medical Examination

For the second time, a choice for a local medical facility to conduct examinations on six of the detained defendants in the Capitol arson case to determine whether they were… Read more »

Liberia: Stakeholders Push for Broader Approach Beyond War Crimes Court

Key transitional justice stakeholders, including the Governance Commission, DUCOR Institute, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the South African… Read more »

Liberia: From Ballon d'Or to the Battle Against Racism

I nearly dropped my coffee when I saw the headline. My hand trembled, the mug rattled against the saucer, and ripples spread across the dark liquid. The words glowing across my… Read more »

Liberia: Court to Probe Alleged Torture of Capitol Arson Defendants

The ongoing Capitol Arson trial of former Speaker, Cllr. J. Fonati Koffa and thirteen other defendants, including three sitting lawmakers, was abruptly halted on Thursday,… Read more »

Liberia: 'Carbon Colonialism'?

The Liberian government has sparked a debate with the release of its draft Carbon Development Policy, which declares that all carbon credits generated within the country's borders… Read more »

Liberia: Stakeholders Angry Over Threats Against Anti-Deforestation Campaigner

Two major community forest advocacy organizations in Liberia have raised alarm over what they describe as harassment and intimidation directed at Sampson Zammie, a frontline… Read more »